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Gilpin County, Colorado

A county in Colorado, ranked 47 of 64 by population.

CountyFIPS 08047

Within Colorado
Gilpin County, highlighted, with the areas around it. Boundaries generalised from the 2025 Census cartographic boundary file; neighbour fills carry no data. The dot marks Central City, the county seat, located via the 2025 Census Gazetteer.

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Population
6,073
+256 (+4.4%) since 2020
Land area
150
square miles. A further 0.2% of the total area is water
Population density
40.5
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Central City
Seat of county government.
Established
1861
164 years ago
Largest city
Central city
Population 807 for the whole place, which extends beyond this county.

Sources: US Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 Population Estimates, released 26 March 2026; US Census Bureau, Gazetteer Files, 2025 Gazetteer Files, released 10 September 2025; Wikidata (CC0), Wikidata. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

Satellite view

Aerial imagery of Gilpin County with its boundary drawn on top. A map shows you the shape; this shows you what is inside it, and which side of the line a place falls on.

Aerial view of Gilpin County, Colorado from the USGS National Map, with its boundary outlined
Imagery: USGS National Map, USGS Imagery Only, public domain, requested from USGS by your browser when you reach this point on the page, at 800 by 676 pixels. The boundary is the 2025 Census cartographic boundary file, reprojected to Web Mercator to match the imagery. You can also open the USGS National Map viewer.

Where Gilpin County ranks

Position among the 64 counties of Colorado, and among all 3,144 US counties and county-equivalents. Computed from the figures on this page.

MeasureValueIn ColoradoNationally
Population6,07347th of 642,724th of 3,144
Land area150 sq mi63rd of 643,061st of 3,144
Population density40.5 per sq mi15th of 641,664th of 3,144
Median household income$95,36114th of 64220th of 3,143

Full data for Gilpin County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population6,073Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 20205,817Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?5,803Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area150 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area0.36 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area150.4 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?40.5 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$95,361American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$573,900American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age47.2American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households3,122American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units3,746American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates

Sources: US Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 Population Estimates, released 26 March 2026; US Census Bureau, Gazetteer Files, 2025 Gazetteer Files, released 10 September 2025; US Census Bureau, American Community Survey, American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates, released 29 January 2026. Population density is computed here, not published: it divides the Vintage 2025 population estimate by the 2025 Gazetteer land area, which are two different Census products. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

How the population changed

The Census Bureau publishes the components behind an estimate, not just the total. For the year to July 2025:

Births minus deaths
+18
47 births, 29 deaths
Net migration
+101
More people moved in than moved out.

Source: US Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 Population Estimates, released 26 March 2026. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

The 4 areas bordering Gilpin County

Ordered by the length of the border actually shared, which the Census Bureau publishes in its county adjacency file and which no other county reference presents.

Bordering areaStateShared borderPopulation
Clear Creek CountyColorado23 mi8,994
Boulder CountyColorado17 mi328,560
Jefferson CountyColorado12 mi580,451
Grand CountyColorado6.6 mi16,496

Source: US Census Bureau, County Adjacency File, 2025 County Adjacency File, released 15 September 2025. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

All 64 counties of Colorado

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Data on this page last rebuilt 30 August 2026. How these figures are produced.